Colin Pennock
Artist Profile
Photograph by Will Mansfield
Born 1964, Ireland
Lives & Works – Black Mountain (Gubbi Gubbi)
In all their vastness and intimacy, the spirited landscapes of Colin Pennock visualise the profound valency of memory. Responding to his immediate surrounds in the Noosa Hinterland as well as remembered moments from his Irish homeland, the artist creates visceral compositions that materialise the experiential and emotional undulations of life. Stratified swoops of oil cast a space where formlessness meets the pictorial; where the haze of the past diffuses into the crisp clarity of the present.
The works canvas that ubiquitous nexus between geographical and emotional landscapes, looking at how we often set out in search of something only to diverge down a new road.
Pennock has exhibited nationally and internationally and his work is held in prominent collections including the University of Ulster, the British Consulate in New York and Washington, the Brian Sewell Collection in London and the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery Collection. Pennock received a residency at NG Creative Art Residency in France (2022) and has been the winner of the Alan Gamble Award, Mosman Art Prize (2005) and a finalist in the Len Fox Painting Award (2016), Mosman Art Prize (2019, 2014) and Fleurieu Peninsula Art Prize (2008, 2004).
Exhibitions
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Colin Pennock
Voice of Paradise 31 May - 21 June 2025When I was a kid – and even occasionally since then – I would sometimes have this experience where it felt like my body was massive. This would usually happen...Read more -
30 Years of Arthouse Gallery — Summer Edition
7 December 2024 - 1 March 2025Over the past three decades, Arthouse Gallery has distinguished itself as one of Australia's leading contemporary art galleries. Currently representing over forty artists, the gallery celebrates its 30th anniversary this...Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Bloom 28 June - 20 July 2024Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Summer – Part 1 9 - 27 January 2024Arthouse Gallery is delighted to begin 2024 with 'Summer' featuring a selection of new and exciting works from our stable of artists. This coming year features solo shows by newly–represented,...Read more
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Off–Site Exhibition
George Place 19 December 2023 - 29 February 2024George Place is an outstanding office precinct in the thriving hub of Sydney’s CBD. George Place hosts a series of inclusive events and activities to enhance the workday experience for...Read more -
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Space to Find Peace 12 - 28 October 2023The driving force to move or make marks is to find distance and peace in my mind. – Colin Pennock Colin’s cats live inside. It’s to protect the birds –...Read more -
Arthouse Group Show
Present Tense 15 June - 1 July 2023Read more -
Group Show
Paper 4 May - 10 June 2023'Paper & Clay' brings together the work of twenty-nine Australian artists traversing the timeless materiality of two enduring artforms. Unencumbered by dense conceptual wilderness, the works in this show posit...Read more
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Sydney Contemporary 2022 Group Show
8 - 11 September 2022Read more -
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To Follow Gentle Voices 5 - 26 February 2022Colin Pennock works intuitively, guided not by narrative but by the visceral act of painting. Harnessing the expressive power of oil, the artist externalises his inner cosmos in ways that...Read more -
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A Forgotten Traveller 12 - 15 September 2019In all their vastness and intimacy, the spirited landscapes of Colin Pennock visualise the profound valency of memory. Responding to his immediate surrounds in the Noosa Hinterland as well as...Read more -
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Past Voices 25 October - 10 November 2018Read more
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Intrusion 4 - 20 May 2017Pennock’s new collection of paintings, ‘Intrusion’, externalises the artist’s recent ruminations on the parallel journeys of his life and work. He self-reflexively examines his own visual language, often revisiting formative...Read more -
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Modern Recluse 28 April - 14 May 2016Irish-born artist Colin Pennock produces emotionally driven landscapes swelling with refined riots of colour. With his studio nestled in the bush of the Noosa Hinterland, the artist directly responds to...Read more
Available Works
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Colin PennockLeprechauns and Serpents, 2025oil on board200 x 244 cm, 202 x 246 cm (framed)$40,000
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Colin PennockVoice of Paradise, 2025oil on board122 x 244 cm, 124 x 246 cm (framed)$30,000
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Colin PennockAs We Leave the Past, 2024oil on linen140 x 200 cm, 143 x 201.5 cm (framed)$28,000
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Colin PennockCoastal Dance, 2024oil on linen140 x 200 cm, 143 x 201.5 cm (framed)$28,000
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Colin PennockBoatman's Jetty, 2024oil on linen120 x 160 cm, 122.5 x 162.5 cm (framed)$19,800
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Colin PennockJourney From Paradise, 2025oil on board122 x 122 cm, 124 x 124 cm (framed)$17,600
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Colin PennockLeaving Broken Hill, 2024oil on board122 x 122 cm, 125 x 125 (framed)$17,600
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Colin PennockAs They Watched From Mutawindji, 2024oil on board122 x 122 cm, 125 x 125 (framed)$17,600
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Colin PennockVan Diemen's Land, 2025oil on linen90 x 90 cm, 92 x 92cm (framed)$11,000
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Colin PennockA Place I've Known and Hoped For, 2024oil on linen90 x 90 cm$11,000
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Colin PennockLeaving Carnarvon Gorge, 2024oil on linen61 x 61 cm, 64 x 64 cm (framed)$7,700
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Colin PennockTravelling Alone, 2024oil on linen61 x 61 cm$7,700
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Colin PennockTo the Scar Tree, 2025oil and gouache on board47 x 34 cm, 49 x 36 cm (framed)$3,900
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Colin PennockGlimpses of the Granite Belt, 2023watercolour, gouache and oil on paper76 x 56 cm, 86 x 66 cm (framed)$3,200
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Colin PennockPast Provence, 2023watercolour on paper76 x 56 cm, 86 x 66 cm (framed)$3,200
News
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Exhibition Calendar 2025
2025Arthouse Gallery is delighted to announce our dynamic exhibition program for first six months of 2025. This coming year features solo shows by newly-represented, emerging...Read more -
Colin Pennock to open first major regional exhibition 'Journey To Paradise'
Noosa Regional Gallery 6 February 2025Colin Pennock is opening a new major exhibition 'Journey to Paradise' at Noosa Regional Gallery on 8 February. Colin Pennock’s abstract landscapes explore the rhythm...Read more -
Colin Pennock featured in 'about-place/about-face' curated by art writer Kevin Wilson
Caloundra Regional Gallery 31 May 2024Colin Pennock is currently exhibiting at Caloundra Regional Gallery in an incredible group show curated by writer and artist Kevin Wilson. 'about-place/about-face' explores different interpretations...Read more -
Colin Pennock selected as Finalist in Mosman Prize
27 October 2019Established in 1947, the Mosman Art Prize is Australia's oldest and most prestigious local government art award. As an acquisitive art award for painting, the...Read more
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